Tag: Mahatma Gandhi

Coir Kerala 2017, an international event on coir and natural fibre products, will be held at the EMS stadium here from October 5 to 9. The event, the seventh in a series of annual fairs, is being organised by the Directorate of Coir Development with the support of the Union Ministry of …

Addressing 200 young CEOs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 22 said that welfare of the people and the happiness of citizens is supreme for the government. “In Government, the welfare of the people and the happiness of citizens is supreme,” PM Modi was quoted as saying on his Twit…

First Khadi notched over a Rs 50,000 crore record sale in 2016 and now government is planning to open Khadi outlets outside India to push products made using the indigenous handspun fabric in the global markets

After aggressively pushing khadi at home, the Modi government wants to take the homespun cotton abroad. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), has written to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to use the traditional fabric in its field operations and camps. “Th…

New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah has unveiled a 12-feet tall and 25-feet long steel Charkha and inaugurated a heritage Charkha Museum at Palika Bazar Park in Connaught Place here. Undeterred by heavy downpour just before the programme was about the start, which partially washed out the arrange…

The single-most important challenge that humanity is facing nowadays is the need for economic development within ecological limits. Humanity must live within clear planetary boundaries to attain sustainability in the long run that can trigger off economic activity and validate economic output. Kh…

Mumbai: In a bid to promote Khadi across India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has modelled for the 2017 wall calendar and table diary published by the Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC), replacing Mahatma Gandhi. Most employees and officials were pleasantly surprised to see the cover phot…